Resolutions on the Post Office. Adopted November 10th, 1853.

1. That the absence of any official establishment in Christchurch for the receipt and
   delivery of letters and newspapers, as well as of any Postal Communication between
   that town and Lyttelton, is the source of
   serious injury and inconvenience to the inhabitants of this Province.

2. That a Post Office ought immediately to
   be established at Christchurch, and a Post
   three times a week between Christchurch
   and Lyttelton.

3. That a Post once a fortnight ought to
   be maintained between Lyttelton and Akaroa.

4. That in the event of the Postal Revenue
   of the Province being insufficient to defray
   the expense of these improvements, the deficiency ought to be paid out of the General
   Revenue of the Province; but that no
   such payments ought to be made out of the
   Provincial Treasury, unless full accounts are
   laid before the Council of the Expenditure
   of such sums.

Resolution regarding the Proceedings of the Commissioner of Crown Lands. Adopted 11th November, 1853.

This Council having taken into consideration the various papers upon their table
in reference to the proceedings of the Commissioner of Crown Lands:—Resolve,

That the Commissioner of Crown
Lands, having as it appears to this Council,
acted in disregard of the law, and having
refused to afford this Council any information on the affairs of his office, and having
otherwise shown himself wholly incompetent to the discharge of the duties thereof,
an Address be presented from this Council
to His Excellency the Governor, praying
His Excellency to be pleased to remove
Colonel Campbell from the office of Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Resolution on the Estimates. Adopted 15th Nov., 1853.

That this Council acting in accordance
with their resolution of the 9th inst., approve of the following Estimate for the
appropriation of the Provincial Revenues
for the year commencing October 1st, 1853.
(For the Estimates, see Appendix below.)

Resolution respecting the Communication between the Port and the Plains. Adopted 23rd November, 1853.

That the establishment of an efficient
communication between the Port and the
Plains, is of vital importance to the welfare
of this Province, and that His Honor be
requested to lay before this Council any
information Government may possess, or
may be able to obtain, on this subject.

Resolutions on the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell to be Registrar of Deeds, &c. Adopted Nov. 23rd, 1853.

1. That this Council have learned with
   great surprise and regret that Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell, after having been removed from the office of Commissioner of
   Crown Lands, has been appointed to that of
   Registrar of Deeds for this Province.

2. That considering how largely the interest of individuals may be affected by the
   Acts of the Registrar, and the extensive evil
   which may result from his incompetence or
   mal-administration:—this Council are of
   opinion, that that office ought to be entrusted only to some person possessing the
   fullest confidence of the public.

3. This Council are of opinion that the
   Office of Registrar of Deeds, is one which
   ought, if possible, to be filled by a person
   having a legal education, and that for the
   purposes of economy its duties might for
   the present be most conveniently performed
   by the Deputy Registrar of the Supreme
   Court. And the Council are further of
   opinion, that for public convenience and
   economy, all the Public Records should be
   kept, and all the Registration, including that
   of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, should
   be performed in the same office.

4. That this Council, referring to the letter of the Civil Secretary to His Honor
   dated the 14th Oct., 1853, in which it is
   proposed that any deficiency in the funds
   arising from fees and fines in the Departments of Supreme Court, Registrar of
   Deeds, and Registrar of Births, Deaths, and
   Marriages, to meet the expenditure of those
   Departments, should be defrayed out of the
   Provincial Revenues, Resolve—

That this Council would deem it highly
injurious to the public interests, and opposed
to all constitutional principle, to vote any
supplies for the service of any Department
whose expenditure and accounts are not
submitted to the control and audit of the
Provincial Government.

5. That this Council, considering that it
   is desirable to maintain the above named
   Departments in uniformity with those in
   the other parts of the Colony, Resolve—

That as soon as those Departments shall
in matters of Expenditure and Audit be
placed under the Provincial Government,
this Council will make such provision as
may be necessary for maintaining those
Departments in a state of complete efficiency, and for the satisfactory performance
of whatever work the General Government
shall determine ought to be performed in
those Departments, respectively.

Resolutions on the Waste Lands. Adopted 23rd November, 1853.

That this Council having taken into consideration the additional correspondence